Harvard during the year of 1887 has written for the public more than any other American university. Her professors have been contributors to the leading magazines and journals; and several useful text-books have been published which have already made their way into many schools and colleges. Publications on subjects ranging from sociology to botany show the unconservative spirit of the University. And the uniform excellence of the productions reflect credit on the authors, besides being an evidence of incalculable value on the advantages of the superior instruction which a student of Harvard possesses. This activity in writing points to a mild literary renaissance that, from the present favorable outlook, bids fair to continue.